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A Funny Song For Friday

It has been a very news filled week and what better way to wind down before the weekend then to listen to a funny song about the hobby we all love so much. The song is called Dead Again and it was written by Tom Smith, a portly fellow who recently tore the quad muscles in his leg completely off….F$#@ing ouch! Unfortunately Mr. Smith does not have any insurance so his friends and fellow musicians have created a fund raising album in support of him. The album contains many tracks but the one we care about is Dead Again, a rather humorous take on gamers daily struggles to stay alive. The links to the song can be found below. You can also listen before you buy, and even download a free (slow bitrate) version of the song. They are also having a create a video contest for the song which runs until the end of August. The winners will receive a MP3 player loaded with Mr. Smith’s music, but before you make a video though you need to listen to the song. Enjoy!

Mr. Smith Goes to the Hospital Fundraiser

Dead Again ( Performed by Possible Oscar)

The Onion’s Hilarious Take on GTAIV

The Onion has given us a quite humorous look at the inner workings of Liberty City. My favorite part?

Perhaps even more alarming, city records indicate that more than 75 percent of perpetrators in mass-murder or vehicular-manslaughter cases escape, usually by simple methods such as driving into a car-repainting facility. Criminals have even eluded pursuit by walking into their apartment and going to bed for six hours, after which the search has been called off.

I highly recommend giving the article a look.

Peripherals Piling Up

Is it just me, or are all of these gimmicky, one-trick pony controllers starting to get annoying? My ever-growing pile includes the pictured toy guitar, a toy drum set, two sets of bongo drums, a plastic ray gun and a plastic steering wheel. Yours may include giant dance pads, force feedback wheels, flight sticks, and god knows what else.  And there is no end in sight. The Wii Fit board arrives this month. Guitar Hero IV promises to include multiple space-taking instruments. The Xbox waggle wand is just around the corner, and on and on. I suppose I should be happy that I live in a house with enough spare closet space to squirrel most of this stuff away. In places like New York, San Francisco, and Tokyo, extra space is much harder to come by. And what about all those college kids stuck in dorm rooms? Of course, the easiest solution is to just get rid of the stuff when you’re done with the game, but for anyone who’s into building a game collection, you may soon need to add a wing to your house.